Education

Encouraging Creativity

We are committed to furthering our community engagement through our Education Department. We want to reach more students of all ages through participation in workshops based around our productions as well as in longer intensives with company members. Every Brown Box workshop encourages participants engage with full body, voice, imagination, and each other, creating an ensemble that can listen and explore with one another. This connection between workshop participants is designed to carry over into their every day lives, strengthening their own communities.

Become A Partner School

We bring theatre directly into the auditoriums of schools throughout Delmarva. When your school partners with Brown Box, you do not just get to see exciting shows. Our teaching artists will assist your faculty integrate the performing arts into your classroom, promoting student engagement and skill development across the curriculum.

If you are a teacher or principal interested in inviting Brown Box teaching artists to your school, or would just like more information about our educational programming, please email Education Director Allison Raynor at Allison.Raynor@brownboxtheatre.org.

BASIC SKILLS

Give students a taste of the work of a professional actor with one of our in-class workshops. Our teaching artists will lead students through a variety of exercises focusing on improvisation, self-expression, and working collaboratively.

SHAKESPEARE PREP

For schools that host our annual free Shakespeare tour, we offer a special workshop in which the actors playing Shakespeare’s timeless characters will step into the classroom and introduce students to the play prior to the performance. Research shows that prior knowledge is the most important aid to understanding difficult texts, and this workshop will build your students’ prior knowledge while entertaining them.

ADULT EDUCATION

Our adult workshops are rooted in the desire to deepen our engagement with the community and to deepen the communities’ experience of our performances. In our adult workshops Brown Box’s professional theater artists, and fellow life-long learners, engage community members in compelling explorations of Shakespeare’s text. With a variety of ways to engage in the workshop, participants from all backgrounds and experience levels are stimulated by the amazing hidden gems found in Shakespeare’s verse, and the powerful effect speaking these words has on the actor.